spot : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spot	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for spot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spot n a point located with respect to surface features of some region; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" Synonym(s): topographic point, place, spot a short section or illustration (as between radio or tv programs or in a magazine) that is often used for advertising an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie" Synonym(s): point, spot a blemish made by dirt; "he had a smudge on his cheek" Synonym(s): smudge, spot, blot, daub, smear, smirch, slur a small contrasting part of something; "a bald spot"; "a leopard's spots"; "a patch of clouds"; "patches of thin ice"; "a fleck of red" Synonym(s): spot, speckle, dapple, patch, fleck, maculation a section of an entertainment that is assigned to a specific performer or performance; "they changed his spot on the program" a business establishment for entertainment; "night spot" a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury" Synonym(s): position, post, berth, office, spot, billet, place, situation a slight attack of illness; "he has a touch of rheumatism" Synonym(s): touch, spot a small piece or quantity of something; "a spot of tea"; "a bit of paper"; "a bit of lint"; "I gave him a bit of my mind" Synonym(s): spot, bit a mark on a die or on a playing card (shape depending on the suit) Synonym(s): spot, pip a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer Synonym(s): spotlight, spot a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value; "an eight-spot" an act that brings discredit to the person who does it; "he made a huge blot on his copybook" Synonym(s): blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain v catch sight of Synonym(s): descry, spot, espy, spy detect with the senses; "The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"; "I can't make out the faces in this photograph" Synonym(s): spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart mar or impair with a flaw; "her face was blemished" Synonym(s): blemish, spot make a spot or mark onto; "The wine spotted the tablecloth" Synonym(s): spot, fleck, blob, blot become spotted; "This dress spots quickly" mark with a spot or spots so as to allow easy recognition; "spot the areas that one should clearly identify"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spot \Spot\, a. Lit., being on the spot, or place; hence (Com.), on hand for immediate delivery after sale; -- said of commodities; as, spot wheat.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spot \Spot\, n. [Cf. Scot. & D. spat, Dan. spette, Sw. spott spittle, slaver; from the root of E. spit. See {Spit} to eject from the mouth, and cf. {Spatter}.] 1. A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter; a blot; a place discolored. Out, damned spot! Out, I say! --Shak. 2. A stain on character or reputation; something that soils purity; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish. Yet Chloe, sure, was formed without a spot. --Pope. 3. A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card. 4. A small extent of space; a place; any particular place. [bd]Fixed to one spot.[b8] --Otway. That spot to which I point is Paradise. --Milton. [bd]A jolly place,[b8] said he, [bd]in times of old! But something ails it now: the spot is cursed.[b8] --Wordsworth. 5. (Zo[94]l.) A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above its beak. 6. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A sci[91]noid food fish ({Liostomus xanthurus}) of the Atlantic coast of the United States. It has a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides. Called also {goody}, {Lafayette}, {masooka}, and {old wife}. (b) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See {Redfish}. 7. pl. Commodities, as merchandise and cotton, sold for immediate delivery. [Broker's Cant] {Crescent spot} (Zo[94]l.), any butterfly of the family {Melit[91]id[91]} having crescent-shaped white spots along the margins of the red or brown wings. {Spot lens} (Microscopy), a condensing lens in which the light is confined to an annular pencil by means of a small, round diaphragm (the spot), and used in dark-field ilumination; -- called also {spotted lens}. {Spot rump} (Zo[94]l.), the Hudsonian godwit ({Limosa h[91]mastica}). {Spots on the sun}. (Astron.) See {Sun spot}, ander {Sun}. {On}, [or] {Upon}, {the spot}, immediately; before moving; without changing place. It was determined upon the spot. --Swift. Syn: Stain; flaw; speck; blot; disgrace; reproach; fault; blemish; place; site; locality.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spot \Spot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spotted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spotting}.] 1. To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter; to discolor in or with spots; to stain; to cover with spots or figures; as, to spot a garnment; to spot paper. 2. To mark or note so as to insure recognition; to recognize; to detect; as, to spot a criminal. [Cant] 3. To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation; to asperse. My virgin life no spotted thoughts shall stain. --Sir P. Sidney. If ever I shall close these eyes but once, May I live spotted for my perjury. --Beau. & Fl. {To spot timber}, to cut or chip it, in preparation for hewing.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spot \Spot\, v. i. To become stained with spots.